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CPCS petitions SJC to release jailed defendants amid attorney shortage

Summary by The Sun (Lowell)

Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, Massachusetts’ top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen in Middlesex County — as hundreds of people statewide remain unrepresented. In an emergency petition filed on Wednesday, the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the state’s public defender agency, asked the Supreme Judicial Court to release defendants h…

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CPCS petitions SJC to release jailed defendants amid attorney shortage

Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, Massachusetts’ top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen in Middlesex County — as hundreds of people statewide remain unrepresented. In an emergency petition filed on Wednesday, the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the state’s public defender agency, asked the Supreme Judicial Court to release defendants h…

2 days ago·Lowell, United States

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The Sun (Lowell) broke the news in Lowell, United States 2 days ago on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

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